Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-25

News Notees
's H.rv Rose has lost his black spaniel
dog. Coley.
The palace cars 'San Diego san
i pablo" and "Reno" went East empty
yesterday. 49,.
Rev. DIR. Schreiber will lecture this
!. .eyer;ue in the Synagogue in English at
.7,a0 on the sGenius Of the Talmud.'
- Deputy Sheriff 7. Cooney has returned
from the north, having lodged J. X.
Burke in the insane asylum at Stockton,
and John Mason in San Quentin.
The hokey-pokey players were hned
so each yesterday, and in this way
, $50 was collected for the city out oil
s, the 500 which was deposited for bail.
The California fast freight line yester'
dav sent out q train of eleven cars
loaded with oranges, and tomorrow
will send another oarnge train oil htseen
cars.
Justice Austin yesterday decided the
case in which the young China girl was
involved, and ordered that she be given
in charge Of the people at the mission
in San Francisco.
s d. Title has reported the loss OF two
horses, which be thinks were stolen.
One was large roam, l6 hands high,
weighing 400 pounds, and the other q
small bay pony 10 or IL years old.
The A., I. & S. F. railway is now
hauling sixty.fve-pound steel rails to
this city to replace the light rails on the
westerly portion of the Los Angeles and
San Gabriel Valley railway. Three car
loads arrived yesterday.
Orange picking is very active at pres
emit. The brisk northern breeze has
dried the fruit very thoroughly, SO that
shipping will go forward at lively rate
hereafter. All the overland lines are
open and trains all running freely.
A large number of persons went to
Fresh, On the excursion yesterday. The
rooms of Fresno's exhibit are crowded
every day with people seeking homes,
and Fresno is receiving quite boom as
the result of its exhibit in Los Angeles.
j. Bruce Payne, advance agent for
Prof. o. s. Fowler. the celebrated New
York phrenologist. is in town and has
completed arrangements for the Profess
sor to deliver series of his interesting
aud instructive lectures in New Armofy
Hall, commencing on March Sd.
The Assembly yesterday adopted a
bill to submit q constitutional amend
nent allowing cities of over 10000 in.
hab'tants the right to frame their own
charters. This is good for Los Angeles,
and she can, if the amendment is car
ried ct this next election, frame char
ter to suit her necessities.
Yesterday morning about o'clock a
car in the Southern Pacific freight train
going north was derailed near the San Fer
nando tunnel. Several drawheads were
broken aud it took four hours to clear
the track. The overland train due here
at 1880 did not get in until ll:2O. The
noon express from the north came in on
time.
Justice fancy yesterday tried the
case of the People VS.. Seekatz, charged
with an assault on II. Kaplan. Seekatz
is policeman for the Southern Pacific
Company. stationed at the new depot.
Kaplau is a ticket scalper, and on
Thursday last, while talking to passen-
gers on the depot platform, Seekatz re-
moved him. The policeman was de-
clared not guilty.
The Los Angeles and Santa Monica
railroad to Ballona harbor has passed
into the control of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway Company, but the
Balloua Harbor and Improvement Com
pany remains as before. There has
been q change in the list of the officers
of the road as follows: R. 7. Lotspeich
takes the place of Geo. W. Meade as
President, and Howard W. Mills tax
the place of james Campbell as Vice
President. Mr.. s. P. Rees remains as
Secretary, and N. L. Wicks as Treasurer.